February 2014 Topline and Survey Methods

Survey Topline

Survey results are based on a national sample of adults, including an oversample of young adults ages 18 to 33.

Due to rounding, percentages may not total 100%.

Not all questions included in the February 14-23, 2014 survey are presented in this topline. Omitted questions have either been previously released or will be released in the future.

Survey Methods

About the February 2014 Pew Research Survey

These findings are based on a telephone survey conducted Feb. 14-23, 2014 among a national sample of 1,821 adults, including an oversample of young adults ages 18 to 33. Interviews were conducted on landline telephones (481) and cell phones (1,340) under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.6% for results based on the total sample at the 95% confidence level.

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